Shoe-sole-press attachment.



0. F. -WESTENHISER-. SHOE SOLE PRESS ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION msn DEC. 5. |914.

1,1 60,479. Patented Nov. 16,191.5.

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VOSCAR` F. WESTENHISER, Ol? ST. LOUIS, MSSOURI.

sHoE-soLE-:Pnnss ATTAGHMENT.

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Specification of rLetters Patent.

latented Nov. iti, lili fi.

i Application filed December 5, 1914. Serial No. 875,669.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side eleva-` tion of a shoe-sole press with my attachment in position; Fig. 2 is atop plan of the platform of the press with my attachment in position and shown applied to a stack of shoe soles ready to be pressed, the fixed member of the press being shown in cross-section; and the movable member being removed; Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a perspective detail of the looped anchor for attaching one end of the cord which is passed around the stock .deposited on the platform.

The present device serves as an attachment to shoe-sole presses on the order of that for which U. S. Letters Patent issued to myself and William P. Jones, numbered 1,098,699, dated June 2, 1914, and has for its object to provide means whereby the sole layers with their slips may be secured and held against displacement when once deposited and properly stacked on the platform of the press and before the plunger or follower of the press begins to descend on and compress the layers of soles so stacked.

A further object is to provide securing means which are simple and readily applied, as fully apparent from a detailed description of the invention, which is as follows;

Referring to the drawings, l represents the fixed or stationary member or section of the press, 2 the movable or adjustable section or member, 3 the plunger or follower carried by the adjustable member, the necessary play being accorded to said follower by the loops or staples 4, all as fully shown in the patent press aforesaid, the follower in the present instance being actuated however oy a cam-lever 5 mounted on the upper cross-bar of the member 2 in lieu of the press-screw shown in the patent.

l?. represents a platform at the base of the fixed member or section of the press on which the out-soles S and their slips s to be cemented are deposited, it being of course desirable, after the several sole and slip layers are' properly stacked on the platform, that no displacement thereofk takes place prior to and pending the descent of the follower rthereon. The means employed here` in to hold the stacked soles against displacement are as follows: Secured at two points on one side of theplatform at suitable `distances from the staff or fixed section l of the press are securing nails or screws 6, 6, to each of which is permanently attached one end of a stout cord a, there being disposed on the opposite side of the platform and diametrically opposite the screws 6, 6, suitable anchors 7, 7, formed of two or more resilient contiguous coils or loops, from the outer members of which extend arms 8, 8, inl opposite directions, the free ends of the arms terminating in eyes 9, 9, for the reception of the stems of suitable fastening nails or screws 10 by which the anchors are secured to the platform.

In actual operation, after the soles with their slips have been stacked on the platform P, and before the adjustable section 2 with its follower 3 has been lowered to bring the follower into contact with the upper sole of the stack, the operator passes the cords a around the stacks, pulling the cords taut and passing the free ends thereof between one of the arms 8 and the adjacent coil or between two contiguous coils ofL the anchors 7, the friction of the coils or coil and arm between which the cord is passed holding the cord against slipping, so that each stack is held against displacement pending the forcing of the follower 3 down upon it, which presses the soles and their slips together and causes the cement or adhesive between them to adhere. After the pressure of the follower has been removed, the cords a are unfastened from their respective anchors by seizing the free endsjof the cords and drawing them out from between the anchor members between which they are gripped, the stack of soles with the slips cemented thereto being re- WIG moved from the platform, leaving the plat-V form clear for the deposit of a fresh lot of soles or equivalent stock. Y

ln practice, a single cord for holding one stack is usually sufficient, although I do not wish to be restrictedto any particular `number of cords for any stack. The rterm cord is to be taken in its broadest sense and means any cord, cable, chain, band,

-or equivalent lexiblememberadapted to ybe passed Varound the stock! deposited on Y the platform.

Having described my invention, what l claim is: Y Y Y u l. ln combination with a platform for supporting suitable stock to be operated on,

' frictional'ly and-detachably securingthe opposite end of the cord thereto.

2( ln combination with a platform for supporting suitable stock tokbe operated on, a cord secured Vat one end on one side of the platform and `of va length sufficient to be vpassed around the stock, and an anchor provided with a series of resilient coils or loops between any pair of which the free .end of the cord may be passed and held Aagainst slipping.

3. 'An anchoring attachment for press platforms comprising a member having two or more contiguous resilient loops between which a cordlor band may be passed, andk Vcontiguous loops,` armsextending in oppo-v site directions Vfrom the outer loops of the series', said arms terminating in eyes for the passage of securing nailsor screws. Y

lntestimony whereof l affix my s1gnature,`

in presence of two witnesses. v Y OSCAR F. VEST'ENHSER.

Vitnesses l EMIL Stemmi, YKELsEVM. SIEGEL.

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' Washington, D. C. 

